HevyDevy wrote:

also have a look at the link below for the issue with "ifup: wating for lock on /run/network/ifstate.eth0".

https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=1688

So, now onto EVIOCGABS /dev/input/event7
I presume something is not coming up quick enough for the system, although everything seems to be working.
I seem to remember something link this in ubuntu many years ago and it was because the MBP keyboard uses usb connection.

what are your computer specs. Neofetch is a good peice of software for this.

sudo apt install neofetch

then show us the output of below command.

neofetch --stdout

also have a look at the link below for the issue with "ifup: wating for lock on /run/network/ifstate.eth0".

https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=1688

Thank you HevyDevy
This one worked
Wired was unticked in Wicd.
Editing /etc/network/interfaces and comment out the last 2 lines.
no problem with MTA either.

So, now onto EVIOCGABS /dev/input/event7
I presume something is not coming up quick enough for the system, although everything seems to be working.
I seem to remember something link this in ubuntu many years ago and it was because the MBP keyboard uses usb connection.

https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=1688

"always switch to a wired connection when available"

im assuming that is ticked and it is eth0 ?

you should be able to set wireless "wlan0" to automatically connect if that is what you want in wicd-gtk.

jamesthedisciple wrote:

on installing I had to connect through eth0 as wlan is a broadcom card. now that wifi is working I'm not using eth0.
What setting do I need to change?

Have you installed the Broadcom drivers? I would just throw that POS away and buy an Intel card instead but you should be able to get it working, after a fashion.

I would if I could but it's an Apple laptop and swapping out cards is not really feasible!

My next laptop will be open hardware like a Pine 64 or a system 76.

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

jamesthedisciple wrote:

on installing I had to connect through eth0 as wlan is a broadcom card. now that wifi is working I'm not using eth0.
What setting do I need to change?

Have you installed the Broadcom drivers? I would just throw that POS away and buy an Intel card instead but you should be able to get it working, after a fashion.

I think you misread that, i dont blame you either.

1. connection is ok in broadcom land (probably installed brcm80211 driver).

2. not using eth0 lets get rid of it, why is it hanging around fmd, fml.

James, what network manager are you using if any?

Using Wicd. I'll still need eth0 at times. On other installs I've not seen this happen. Presumably it's setting can be on just not trying to connect as default and having wlan0 connecting as default. Is this correct?

It's been so long since I've had to any stuff like this!!

jamesthedisciple wrote:

Also it waits at:
MTA

I have no idea what this means!

MTA = Mail Transfer Agent, typically exim. Starting up exim can take a while when no network is detected until some timeouts have passed.

Regards, rolfie

Thank you

I think you misread that

Yes, I did. Oops. Sorry OP.

jamesthedisciple wrote:

on installing I had to connect through eth0 as wlan is a broadcom card. now that wifi is working I'm not using eth0.
What setting do I need to change?

Have you installed the Broadcom drivers? I would just throw that POS away and buy an Intel card instead but you should be able to get it working, after a fashion.

I think you misread that, i dont blame you either.

1. connection is ok in broadcom land (probably installed brcm80211 driver).

2. not using eth0 lets get rid of it, why is it hanging around fmd, fml.

James, what network manager are you using if any?

on installing I had to connect through eth0 as wlan is a broadcom card. now that wifi is working I'm not using eth0.
What setting do I need to change?

Have you installed the Broadcom drivers? I would just throw that POS away and buy an Intel card instead but you should be able to get it working, after a fashion.

Also it waits at:
MTA

I have no idea what this means!

MTA = Mail Transfer Agent, typically exim. Starting up exim can take a while when no network is detected until some timeouts have passed.

Regards, rolfie

The boot up problem (more of an inconvenience) is it hangs twice:

once at:
ifup: wating for lock on /run/network/ifstate.eth0

on installing I had to connect through eth0, as wlan is a broadcom card. now that wifi is working (Broadcom sta driver working well) I'm not using eth0.
What setting do I need to change?

Also it waits at:
MTA

I have no idea what this means!

One other question:
at the beginning of boot there an error of approximately:
EVIOCGABS /dev/input/event7
the number at the ends changes
Is this a problem?

Need more info, please ask!

Thanks in advance